Author: Ernst A. Heinz
Date: 08:02:18 07/29/98
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On July 29, 1998 at 10:42:56, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >How do people know so much about this virus and not know how to remove it? >I mean, you know when it goes off, you know it has some sort of counter, you >know how it reproduces, etc. >I think you've been had. > >Cheers, >Tom > >On July 29, 1998 at 10:15:19, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>Hi all: >>I just has been warned, one minute ago, that a virus created in Argentina was >>introduced in the email server of the three most important internet servers of >>Chile and this one has been dispersed each time one of us has used the email >>service. The virus will launch 31 julio and it is murderous. It destroy >>everything. The warning was given by a known argentinian gropup of reasearch and >>has been taken seriously here. Until now no remedy is known, except to avoid use >>the computer that date. Changing the date in the computer is not enough; the >>virtus has its own time counter. So, any guy here that has received an email >>from me in the last week or so, -you, Steven, for certain, Bruce Moreland, Don >>dailey, Moritz, etc- please take a look at this warning. I know sometimes theses >>are fake warning, but this seems to be the real thing. Normal antivuiruis >>programs does not detect less destroy it. Anything new I know about this I will >>commmunicate before of after that date. I will not take risk. >>Fernando This is the zillion-th example of the so-called "good times" virus about which even a FAQ exists somewhere on the net. The claims are complete hoax but the hysteria created by them is the *real* virus because countless warning messages get sent over the net wasting precious bandwidth and human nerves ... =Ernst=
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